Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron has renewed his call for the establishment of a 'Strategic Small Surgeries Fund', as the NHS commissions a review into funding 'atypical practices' including those in very rural areas.
The government's decision to stop engaging with a local business taskforce looking into temporary solutions to the A591 closure shows it is not taking seriously the hardship faced by local residents and businesses, according to
A national maternity review calling for women to be given more choice and control over how to give birth means nothing unless people have meaningful options, South Lakes MP Tim Farron has insisted, as he renewed calls for the restoration of a 24hr maternity unit in Kendal.
The strength of local businesses has been praised by South Lakes MP Tim Farron, after four Cumbria businesses were included in a list of the UK's fastest growing firms.
A long campaign by South Lakes MP Tim Farron urging the government to apply for EU Solidarity Funding following the floods which hit in December has finally succeeded, as the government has announced that it will make an application to the fund.
The government must apply for EU flood funding by the end of next week or lose out on millions of pounds, South Lakeland MP Tim Farron has warned. Tim met senior MEPs in Brussels on Thursday and presented a petition signed by over 2000 constituents, calling on the UK government to apply for this money.
